Major Changes Ahead for the US Beef Industry From americancowman.com/ Make Your Product Unique It will become increasingly important for cow/calf operations to differentiate their product (calves, yearlings, or fed cattle). While other major beef producing countries like China and Brazil are increasing their production of low cost beef, the U.S. must focus on producing high quality grain-fed beef. Within the U.S., regions of the country are being forced to differentiate their calves in order to overcome the growing gap between local calf price and calf price...

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Was the meat really tainted? From abc7news.com The National Meat Association defended its industry on Monday to state lawmakers, saying the 143-million-pound beef recall was an over-reaction. The Meat Association insists the undercover video shot by the Humane Society shows a cow unable to stand because it's carrying too much milk and that workers in the Chino-based Westland/Hallmark Meat Packing Company failed to follow procedures. They know exactly when to push some these downer cows through," said State Senator Dean Florez (D)...

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POOR MAN'S BEEF WELLINGTON From www.emerils.com/ Add the onions, garlic, Essence, crushed red pepper, and 1/4 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring, until the onions are soft and lightly caramelized, about 7 minutes. Add the tomato paste and heavy cream and cook until the cream is evaporated, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms, thyme, Worcestershire, and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring often, until most of the liquid has evaporated, 8 to 10 minutes.

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Calif. schools struggling with beef scare From United Press International Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Allegations that a California slaughterhouse used at-risk cattle for beef products have left some schools struggling to maintain safety standards. The Los Angeles Times said Sunday that since the Hallmark Meat Packing was accused of creating beef products from so-called downer cattle, school officials across southern California have been trying to determine if they had purchased any contaminated meat.

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Brazil tells EU envoy it not pleased with beef ban From Forbes RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's foreign ministry has told European Union's business envoy the administration was not pleased with the bloc's rejection of a government-approved beef exporters list, which led to a ban on Brazilian beef imports last week. The EU banned beef imports from Brazil from Jan. 31 by not including any of Brazilian ranches on the list of authorized suppliers meeting EU's health norms even though Brazil had presented a locally approved list of 2,600 farms.

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